TENKEN 486 (1218 words)

Close Combat

接近戦

The magic beast that had disguised itself with optical camouflage was a threat level B magic beast called Invisible Death. It was said that an army had once invaded its territory and annihilated without being able to find it.

Well, an ordinary soldier won't be able to handle sniper's shoot of that power from over a kilometer away.

Not only it has its high status, but it also has magic skills such as light magic, thunder magic, and fire magic.

In addition, the crystal-like outer shell that surrounds its body is a tricky thing, it seems to have the property of disrupting magic power. In addition to this, it has a wide variant of covert skills. And if it used its optical camouflage, it could be right in front of us without us noticing it.

What I hate about this guy is that it can make a tactical decision, he's probably intelligent enough to stop attacking when we get closer to it.

In this world, the more powerful a being is, the more capable they are of sensing magic and presence with their skills. And they are used to it. The covert nature of Invisible Death will only be ineffective against such beings. Just like we didn't realize it until Urushi taught it to us.

When dealing with a strong being with a Urushi-level sense of smell, it would rather snipe us from a distance.

On the contrary, it is likely that it is not good at close combat. It seems to have high defense, but its movement seems to be slow.

「Ghruoooo!」

Urushi shoots dark magic at Invisible Death. However, it seems that the crystal is also resistant to magic. The huge jet-black spear easily dissipated on the surface of the crystal.

「Wruoooh!」

Invisible Death braced itself, probably realizing that its position had been discovered.

This is where the real battle begins.

「Master, use magic!」

『Ou!』

「Urushi attacks from behind!」

「Woof!」

Fran rushes in at once while giving instructions. She jumped back to the right in an attempt to attack.

Immediately after, the place where Fran had been caved in heavily.

『It used its tail huh!』

「Nn!」

The Invisible Death looks like an Ankylosaurus, but what i find the most similar was its head and tail.

Its tail had a weight like a hammer, and as far as I could tell, the blow would be quite powerful. And it's fast.

The attack, in which it swung its tail in succession, was incredibly fast, it was also very accurate. When we dove into the spider dungeon before, where Fran and Amanda had a mock battle, Amanda's whip handling might have been the same speed. Fran is desperately trying to avoid its tail.

Moreover, Invisible Death's attack was not limited to just swinging its tail.

It shoots sharp crystal scales that grow all over its body at Fran and Urushi. I don't know how it does it, but it seems to be able to shoot out all the scales it can. In addition, new crystal scales immediately grow in the marks where they were shot out.

「Haaaa!」

Kiiiin!

Fran, who approached Invisible Death while dodging the scales, cut it down, but as expected, a serious attack is the only way to do any damage. Its ability to disrupt magic power is troublesome, although it is certainly hard. The power of attribute swords is weakened.

Fran braced herself for another attack, but then she heard a high-pitched sound as if a powerful dust collector was running at full power.

Kiiin――booom!

「Kuh!」

『I see! It was shooting from its tail huh!』

The scales that shot out from his entire body didn't seem as precise as when he was sniping, but the sniper scales were apparently specially made to shoot from its tail as a barrel. In addition to its exploding burst of magic power, it seems to use compressed air and thunderbolt magic as well. Furthermore, it also manipulated airflow to stabilize its trajectory.

I was wondering why he didn't just use his thunderbolt magic when he had the skill, but I guess it was only for sniping huh. The sniper scales were quite fast and powerful even at this close range. Furthermore, the Invisible Death that rushed forward tried to crush Fran with its foot.

Its movements are certainly not that fast, but because of its huge size, each step it takes is large enough, and its rushes are surprisingly quite fast.

「Wruoooh!」

「Guh!」

Who said this guy was bad at close combat! Good grief! Not only does it have two types of scales attacks, it also able to attacks directly with its tail. This guy might be even stronger in close combat.

『Haaa!』

If that's the case, we should keep our distance and use magic instead. Even taking into account the crystal scales' ability to disrupt magic, a very strong spell should be able to pass through.

I unleash the thunder magic "Thor's Hammer" and the flame magic "Flare Explode" in succession. Although the power is a little lower, the damage still seems to be able to pass through.

Some of the crystals were destroyed, and Invisible Death shout out a scream from its mouth. But it doesn't take much damage.

「Wruoooh!」

『Oh no!』

「Muh?」

I felt a strong convergence of magic power and immediately performed a short distance teleport. At the same time, a dazzling beam of light pierced the place where we had been.

It was an attack with light magic. Or rather, it looks like a laser beam already. The ground was heavily gouged by the impact and heat. Is light magic this strong?

But before I could even think about it, Invisible Death sensed where we were moving to and shot scales at us.

Fran was unable to dodge the scales that were shot at her immediately after she teleported, and I was only able to parry the scattered scales that exploded at close range. However, I managed to protect her vitals. She was hit in the arm and leg several times.

「Kuh!」

『Greater Heal!』

Fran has suffered not a few injuries. But it's better than being hit by that light magic.

(Master, thanks for saving me)

『We'll have to dodge that light magic first, okay? Stay on guard after teleporting』

(Okay)

The troublesome parts are not only the speed of its activation, but also it attacks speed. In fact, I don't think I could react after being shot. The only way was to detect the prior convergence of magic power as much as possible.

「Master, use magic! This time, we're going to defeat it!」

『Understood!』

We unleashed the Thor's Hammer and Flare Explode again. This time, however, we have prepared multiple activations. Urushi, who had been waiting for another chance, unleashed his dark magic to match ours.

A large explosion enveloped Invisible Death's body, causing even more damage than before. More than half of the crystal shell that covered its back fell off, and smoke rose from its body.

「Wruooooh!」

「Break in! Finishing blow!」

『Ou!』

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